Dr Luke Li is a native of Tianjin, China. He completed his PhD in Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the University of Edinburgh in 2024, he was a Humboldt Senior Fellow based in Berlin, where he undertook a project on Chinese public theology.
Li’s primary scholarly interests include moral and political theology in postcolonial and neoliberal contexts. He is the author of the monograph The Idea of Governance and the Spirit of Chinese Neoliberalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and has published several articles in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Studies in Christian Ethics, Journal of Church and State, and Political Theology.
Li is currently engaged in a British Academy-funded project to develop a constructive public theology in dialogue with Karl Barth. He is also leading a research initiative on the church and war in modern China.